A review on drag reduction technology: Focusing on amphibious vehicles

D Pan, X Xu, B Liu, H Xu, X Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Amphibious vehicles have the unique ability to maneuver on land and water, due to their
distinctive structural characteristics, their hydrodynamic performance differs significantly from …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the hydrodynamics of planing hulls

S Tavakoli, M Zhang, AA Kondratenko, S Hirdaris - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The topology of planing hulls entails some of the most innovative specifications found in
modern advanced marine vehicles. Planing hull designs can vary depending on their …

Research on shipping energy-saving technology: Hydrofoil amphibious vehicle driven by waterjet propulsion

B Liu, X Xu, D Pan, X Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The shipping industry is one of the crucial sources of carbon emissions. With carrying
capacity both on land and water, the hydrodynamic characteristics of amphibious vehicles …

Resistance reduction optimization of an amphibious transport vehicle

B Liu, X Xu, D Pan - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The resistance reduction optimal design of amphibious vehicles is essential to improve
efficiency and reduce energy consumption. In this paper, the hydrodynamic characteristics of …

Influence of resistance due to locomotion mechanism configurations of a new high-speed amphibious vehicle (HSAV-Ⅱ)

B Liu, X Xu, D Pan - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Amphibious vehicles are capable of moving on both water and land, which makes their
design more complex than that of ships. The locomotion mechanism of an amphibious …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of flanks on resistance performance of high-speed amphibious vehicle

D Pan, X Xu, B Liu - Journal of marine science and engineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
In order to reduce the additional resistance of high-speed amphibious vehicles, Flanks are
designed on the concave grooves. As a new drag reduction attachment, the principle of …

Coupled multibody dynamics and computational fluid dynamics approach for amphibious vehicles in the surf zone

H Yamashita, A Arnold, PM Carrica, RW Noack… - Ocean engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
A methodology for the simulation of amphibious craft transitioning between land and marine
modes in the surf zone is presented. Tight coupling of existing solvers for multibody and fluid …

Identification of critical parameters influencing resistance performance of amphibious vehicles based on a SM-SA method

Z Du, X Mu, H Zhu, M Han - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The design of high-speed amphibious vehicles needs to consider more factors compared to
ships. The efficiency of design and optimization of parameters will not be realized in the …

Influence of towing position on hydrodynamic characteristics of an Amphibious Tractor

X Xu, B Liu, D Pan, H Xu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Amphibious tractors are capable of towing loads over land and water, which will save time
effectively and reduce the cost of transport between water and land. Due to their smaller …

Drag reduction configuration analysis of the grooves on amphibious vehicles walking mechanism

B Liu, X Xu, D Pan - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Amphibious vehicles are usually equipped with walking mechanisms and grooves which
greatly affect the resistance characteristics of sailing. For purpose of improving the sailing …